A kinematic analysis of the Thai boxing clinch

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the kinematics between the double collar-tie and double underhook Thai Boxing clinching positions. Ten amateur mixed martial arts athletes executed six knee strikes for both clinching positions with their dominant limb directed towards a target. A standard two-dimensional video motion analysis was conducted, and the results showed a statistical significant difference at the hip joint angle and the angular acceleration of the knee and ankle. Within both clinching positions, there was a statistically significant correlation between the hip and knee joint angles, hip and knee angular velocities, and hip angular acceleration. Between both clinching positions, there was a statistically significant correlation at the knee joint angle, knee angular velocity, and hip angular acceleration. This study demonstrates the importance of the hip and knee joint movements in both clinching positions, which implies the applications of strength training and flexibility at these joints for sports performance and injury prevention. It is suggested that future studies analyzing the non-dominant leg are warranted to fully understand the Thai Boxing clinch.

Efecto de la implementación de un programa de flexibilidad sobre los ROM articulares y la velocidad de los golpes rectos de puño en atletas de boxeo y muay thai

“…Pese a que no se haya podido establecer una relación entre las mejoras en los niveles de Flexibilidad y la Velocidad en los gestos específicos, los hallazgos de investigaciones que han relacionado positivamente estas dos variables vuelven necesario que se indague más sobre esta posible asociación en deportistas de golpeo. Para ello, se requiere abandonar los estereotipos infundados por la tradicionalidad generada tras miles de años de historia en estos deportes (Balmaseda, 2009;Trial & Wu, 2013), y la apertura por parte de los entrenadores para fomentar este tipo de trabajos de investigación.…”

Lower limb kinematics analysis during roundhouse kick among novices in muay thai

“…Researches in MuayThai has been conducted on the injury analysis [2][3][4][5], physiological responses [6,7], biomechanics [1,8,9], performance analysis [10,11] and psychology [12,13]. Mohamad et al [14] in their review addressed the needs of more researches to be conducted on MuayThai in order for the coaches, athletes and the team management to get more knowledge on the sports that will lead to better performance enhancement plan.…”